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he had said in the course of this town hall that the reality is, in a situation of divided government, you have to compromise. the guys in the audience stood up and yelled, "we did not send you there to compromise." every time these tea party freshmen are in any way construed to be derelict from the wishes of the movement, the let them have in -- have it. they definitely took the republican party and the house of representatives much further to the right than we've seen in a long time. tavis: i want to read a quote that comes out of your text that sets of this question and want to ask. the question is what to target congress to a text. they have a 9% approval rating. it is the easiest target in town. i will read this quote. "yet something deeper is being expressed when a democracy holds its greatest responsibility to the collected officials to reflect the public mood. perhaps americans cannot decide what they want, having been agitated by the internet, cable news, and talk radio. the outcry is plaintive, a plea for one america again." is congress just an easy target? or is there somet
he had said in the course of this town hall that the reality is, in a situation of divided government, you have to compromise. the guys in the audience stood up and yelled, "we did not send you there to compromise." every time these tea party freshmen are in any way construed to be derelict from the wishes of the movement, the let them have in -- have it. they definitely took the republican party and the house of representatives much further to the right than we've seen in a long...
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they were given some degree of equity and held by our government. whether he is going to do it, i do not know. i would like to think that would be the big picture thing he would work on as well as winding down the road -- a war in afghanistan. tavis: since you are frank rich and i am interested in your opinion, we spent last night tom ricks.roo is there any fallout? >> i do not think there will be any political fallout. even if it happened before the election. if anything he is more admired by republicans than by democrats. it seems to be a personal feeling. it does not seem to involve benghazi. it is a weird story. we're still filling in the pieces. there may be continued embarrassments within the bureaucracy of the cia, the fbi, possibly the white house, and possibly congress because we know that there kantor seems to have known what was going on 10 days before. most of the country did. a is -- it seems as we speak a sex scandal which that is mostly titillating but sincerely -- not necessarily political. it gets back to the point. we never -- petr
they were given some degree of equity and held by our government. whether he is going to do it, i do not know. i would like to think that would be the big picture thing he would work on as well as winding down the road -- a war in afghanistan. tavis: since you are frank rich and i am interested in your opinion, we spent last night tom ricks.roo is there any fallout? >> i do not think there will be any political fallout. even if it happened before the election. if anything he is more...
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but the party is committed to low taxes and limited government and the people who aren't there can't call themselves republicans or conserve taticon. after this elicks grover, did people want to see common ground to deal with a fiscal cliff recession or trillion deficits as far as the eye can see? is the gop going to play a weak hand is that going to happen here? >> i would argue the republican house has as much power as the president. with solid majority that will continue for year to come because of redistricting and they were running a committed not just to stopping the tax increases to spending but voted for the ryan plan. it reforms entitlements and takes the tax rates to 25% and it is a co hern't ent package. obama wrote a budget that no democrat voted for, it was that silly. it claimed savings by not occupying iraq for the next 20 years. he won a mandate not to be romney. he did not win a mandate not to raise taxes and fix the economy. >> john boehner says we can cap deductions, probably produce $400 billion coming up pretty fast. no change in tax rates. so it is not a flat ta
but the party is committed to low taxes and limited government and the people who aren't there can't call themselves republicans or conserve taticon. after this elicks grover, did people want to see common ground to deal with a fiscal cliff recession or trillion deficits as far as the eye can see? is the gop going to play a weak hand is that going to happen here? >> i would argue the republican house has as much power as the president. with solid majority that will continue for year to...
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. >> we are here today to demand that our government works for us. >> reporter: the rally was organized by several progressive political groups and labor unions. >> so many of us are already dangling on our very own fiscal cliffs. >> reporter: speaker after speaker hammering home the same points. >> we are here to fight for a good deal for america's families and for students. >> reporter: that fiscal cliff negotiations cannot result in cuts to social security, medicare, or medicaid. >> how does that make any sense to you? >> reporter: and that wealthy americans should be forced the pay their -- to pay their fair share of taxes. >> tax, tax, tax the rich. >> reporter: when the rally was finished, protestors marched to the offices of house speaker john boehner to deliver a bag of coal an early christmas present nay said from the nation's poor and middle class. >> we believe that speaker boehner is being naughty. >> reporter: people like danielle warner a home health care worker from vermont. >> we can't afford cuts nobody is going to be able to afford that. >> reporter: and lawrence a dis
. >> we are here today to demand that our government works for us. >> reporter: the rally was organized by several progressive political groups and labor unions. >> so many of us are already dangling on our very own fiscal cliffs. >> reporter: speaker after speaker hammering home the same points. >> we are here to fight for a good deal for america's families and for students. >> reporter: that fiscal cliff negotiations cannot result in cuts to social...
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a social program that gets its funding through the farm bill, food stamps a messy fight on how much government should spend on food stamps, many demand far deeper cuts to the program than the planned 16 billion reduction. >> the number of able-bodies have doubled. the federal debt is up by five trillion. >> reporter: the family business is at stake for colin johnson, a 36-year-old father of three. >> it's cone, okay. >> reporter: he relies on some government protections in the farm bill like crop insurance. >> as a young farmer that doesn't have a lot of cash reserves and equity, i think really strongly about whether or not i want to put the crop in for next year. >> reporter: dairy, fruit and live stock farmers could experience problems because of the disaster aid and the 5 hundred billion dollar package. farmers say they need certainty now to plan and borrow, meaning they must know what the specific subsidies will be. >> what will the farmer bill be? they are saying call john boehner, because we don't know. >> reporter: and the political pressure is falling squarely on the house, because the
a social program that gets its funding through the farm bill, food stamps a messy fight on how much government should spend on food stamps, many demand far deeper cuts to the program than the planned 16 billion reduction. >> the number of able-bodies have doubled. the federal debt is up by five trillion. >> reporter: the family business is at stake for colin johnson, a 36-year-old father of three. >> it's cone, okay. >> reporter: he relies on some government protections...
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. >> the federal government is not protecting the state. >> drug cartels have taken control. >> arizona governor jan brewer. two years ago, arizona passed a tough new law. this week it went to the supreme court. at the state of arizona argues that if the federal government will not deal with the problem, the state has the right, duty, to deal with it. gov. brewer says she thought the hearing went well. nina do you agree? >> it did well for the show me your papers part. i think the court will uphold that a strike and other parts -- strike down other parts. >> evan, isn't this the responsibility of the federal government? >> it is. congress, being dysfunctional these days, could not handle it. you would think that this would be a good time to do the fed for reform that is clearly called for -- federal reform that is clearly called for. don't hold your breath. >> as i understand it, if a police officer pulls you over for speeding, he can check your immigration status. we heard a police officer in phoenix says this is racial profiling and makes his job too tough. do you agree? >> whether i
. >> the federal government is not protecting the state. >> drug cartels have taken control. >> arizona governor jan brewer. two years ago, arizona passed a tough new law. this week it went to the supreme court. at the state of arizona argues that if the federal government will not deal with the problem, the state has the right, duty, to deal with it. gov. brewer says she thought the hearing went well. nina do you agree? >> it did well for the show me your papers part. i...
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democrats are the party of government. whenever there is a problem, their answer is always more government. we are supposed to be the party of principle. limited government, less taxes, less spending, traditional values, strong defense. when we articulate those principles in a compelling way to the american people, good things happen on election day for us. that is what we have to do. if it is governor romney or senator santorum, they need to be clear about those principles. we are the party of strong defense, less taxes, getting the fiscal house in order, and not afraid to stand up for certain principles and values. aboutnot afraid to talk those things and say they're critical to america. we will talk about them and defend them. when we do that and say that clearly, we win elections. >> you mentioned it seemed more likely mitt romney would be the nominee. some of your colleagues have suggested it is time to conclude the primary season and get behind one candidate to take on president obama. is it better to wrap up now? >>
democrats are the party of government. whenever there is a problem, their answer is always more government. we are supposed to be the party of principle. limited government, less taxes, less spending, traditional values, strong defense. when we articulate those principles in a compelling way to the american people, good things happen on election day for us. that is what we have to do. if it is governor romney or senator santorum, they need to be clear about those principles. we are the party of...
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president, most people in government, they take themselves seriously. you find increasingly with all the presidents i've tried to understand that the more time they get in office, the more they like to talk and the less they like to listen. and that's a problem. and i was reading the george cannon biography, one of the great books. he's the diplomat who really established the containment policy. and at one point cannon writes in his diary when they've made him ambassador to yugoslavia, he says there is a treacherous curtain of deference that falls on you as the boss. happens to everyone. but it happens ten times to presidents, that treacherous curtain of deference. and everyone is, oh, mr. president, mr. president. and what a president, like any leader needs, is somebody who will tell him the truth. >> this upcoming election and before the inauguration has been described as a period of time that's going to be the lame duck session of all lame ducks. and i wanted to ask you the same question that you would ask the candidates which would be something like
president, most people in government, they take themselves seriously. you find increasingly with all the presidents i've tried to understand that the more time they get in office, the more they like to talk and the less they like to listen. and that's a problem. and i was reading the george cannon biography, one of the great books. he's the diplomat who really established the containment policy. and at one point cannon writes in his diary when they've made him ambassador to yugoslavia, he says...
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there are three branches of government, you know, we didn't elect president obama to be the dictator. we have another branch which, where the democrats lost and people who voted for republicans were very concerned about the size of government, paul. i mean, they've allowed this to be a debate about tax rates, but the real problem, i think, for most republicans and people who voted for them is that they see how the cost s rate that is just unsustainable. i mean, the country cannot survive the kinds of increases in entitlement payoffs that will occur if there's not reform. >> paul: there's at least in my reporting, the president has offered only one substantive entitlement reform and that's a change how we calculate inflation for benefits and tax brackets and that was agreed to last year. it's really minor in the scheme of things, nothing else sustainable. >> i think that the president is overplaying his hand, paul. he's going to need republican vote next year to raise the debt ceiling and needs the republicans votes for second term items, immigration reform and humiliating them now is
there are three branches of government, you know, we didn't elect president obama to be the dictator. we have another branch which, where the democrats lost and people who voted for republicans were very concerned about the size of government, paul. i mean, they've allowed this to be a debate about tax rates, but the real problem, i think, for most republicans and people who voted for them is that they see how the cost s rate that is just unsustainable. i mean, the country cannot survive the...
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the someone who works for the government. think of that aspect. we need to hear from me aetary clinton aste, co secretary of state to come and testify in person and on the record. today's hearing added more questions. lou: will they be answered? secretary contend said shere will testify before undid january before the inauguration. >> day want to testify but there are tough questionsow abot does the president know about these requests?narrative e that al qaeda is on the run? that day were erred training to be a hotb be a hot bet training area to make youn wonder if they believe theiran w ownhat press release and should be connecting the dots but failed miserably. >> and to show the president ous in error.i-pron senator brass of good to talk with you. much more tonight on the state department bungled response and we focus on the fiscal cliff and the boat on the boehner plan. we just received word the house has recessedth into a vote on plan b. able now recess with the expectation to returnrhaps wiin relatively soon within the hour.in fact, we don't
the someone who works for the government. think of that aspect. we need to hear from me aetary clinton aste, co secretary of state to come and testify in person and on the record. today's hearing added more questions. lou: will they be answered? secretary contend said shere will testify before undid january before the inauguration. >> day want to testify but there are tough questionsow abot does the president know about these requests?narrative e that al qaeda is on the run? that day were...
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this is one of the things that our government does. you may remember me wearing a funny outfit when we traveled to mexico while they were giving up the last of their jury rain yum. working with our administration to safely contain and take away that material. from the beginning of this presidency, the work has been a priority for president obama. ten weeks after he was inaugurated in 2009, he traveled to praug and laid out his vision in front of 20,000 people. >> as a nuclear power as the only nuclear power to have used a nuclear weapon, the united states has a moral responsibility to act. we cannot succeed in this endeavor alone, but we can lead it. we can start it. so today i state clearly and with conviction america's commitment to seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons. [ applause ] i'm not naive. this it goal will not be reached quickly. perhaps not in my lifetime. it will take patience and persistence. but now we, too, must ignore the voices who tell us that the world cannot change. we have to insist, yes
this is one of the things that our government does. you may remember me wearing a funny outfit when we traveled to mexico while they were giving up the last of their jury rain yum. working with our administration to safely contain and take away that material. from the beginning of this presidency, the work has been a priority for president obama. ten weeks after he was inaugurated in 2009, he traveled to praug and laid out his vision in front of 20,000 people. >> as a nuclear power as the...
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our government has a moral commitment to help every american help himself. him and herself. and that -- and that commitment has been broken. >> a moral failing. the president meanwhile out with a new ad admitting economic growth has been slow but says congress is to blame for not doing more to pass his tax plan. >> we're still fighting our way back from the worst economic crisis since the great depression. our businesses have created almost 4.3 million new jobs over the last 27 months. but we're still not creating them as fast as we want. >> the president's jobs plan will put teachers, firefighters, police officers, and construction workers back to work right now. and it's paid for by asking the wealthiest americans to pay a little more. but congress refuses to act. tell congress we can't wait. >> at an event in las vegas the students from unlv the president also took a little aim at congress over the issue of college loan rates. without a plan to cover the $6 billion extension, interest rates are set to double just three weeks from right now. >> the clock is running out. yo
our government has a moral commitment to help every american help himself. him and herself. and that -- and that commitment has been broken. >> a moral failing. the president meanwhile out with a new ad admitting economic growth has been slow but says congress is to blame for not doing more to pass his tax plan. >> we're still fighting our way back from the worst economic crisis since the great depression. our businesses have created almost 4.3 million new jobs over the last 27...
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then he turned to the government's second argument, the tax power argument. it was very clear from just a couple seconds in that the government had won the case. and the entire mood in the audience had changed markedly. the chief justice's opinion i think is a quite interesting one. it says that the affordable care act's individual mandate provision, which requires americans to have a certain amount of insurance or pay a penalty, the chief said that functionally is a tax. he said, look, it looks like a tax. it smells like a tax. it is a tax. >> well, i want to get to policy again and the law in just a second. i'm just curious about your own frame of mind just over those very short seconds, really. >> my frame of mind was a little different. the chief had done something very similar two years ago in the voting rights act case, which is a big case about the constitutionality and the voting rights act of 1965 that i had argued. i remember sitting in the courtroom and there was again about eight minutes of this is unprecedented. it turned out he read the statute
then he turned to the government's second argument, the tax power argument. it was very clear from just a couple seconds in that the government had won the case. and the entire mood in the audience had changed markedly. the chief justice's opinion i think is a quite interesting one. it says that the affordable care act's individual mandate provision, which requires americans to have a certain amount of insurance or pay a penalty, the chief said that functionally is a tax. he said, look, it...
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the government is getting fatter. i have run out of analogies. go eat dinner.o , but only one at republicans are hong wil pass. here with exquisite exclusive details, richardson in washington. >> good evening. what republicans are looking to do in the house is basically deal wh the tax provisions of the fiscal cliff to hit on january 1 so thereill be two amendment votes on the house. the first constructed by republicans dubbed the nancy pelosi plan because it contains a number of the provisions she holds. amounts less than $250,000 per year, it extends some of the stimulus provisions with income taxpayers, child cred, and raising amounts more than $1 million. this is a republican plan ,-com,-com ma the one if it goes past the house, likely to pass the house, it makes the current rates permanent for amounts less than $1 million per year. it takes capital gains and dividend rates nw 15%, make them permanent for amounts under $1 million for amounts me than $1 million it is 20% dividend rate operates. there is a permanent estate tax of 35% for amount
the government is getting fatter. i have run out of analogies. go eat dinner.o , but only one at republicans are hong wil pass. here with exquisite exclusive details, richardson in washington. >> good evening. what republicans are looking to do in the house is basically deal wh the tax provisions of the fiscal cliff to hit on january 1 so thereill be two amendment votes on the house. the first constructed by republicans dubbed the nancy pelosi plan because it contains a number of the...
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in a slow growth environment, but they've kept interest rates very low in japan, but the problem is, government is too big. that's why japan has not been able to start growing again. and this is the path that the u.s. is certainly on if we don't change that dynamic. >> paul: kim, is there any recognition about this in washington or is it all -- i mean, do you hear any of this discussion or do they really believe, certainly, the white house and the treasury, that tax rates like this don't matter, at that ultimately-- >> no, they do to a degree. if you talk to the officials iran up, come on, so we're going to raise the rates, what is fascinating to put it in the bigger context of the debate about tax revenue, the economists have the static view, you've got x-amounts of capital gains income and you get 20% more tax revenue. >> you don't, because people decide to shelter it. they do their transactions the year before, when the amount is less. and so, all of these numbers that the white house is counting on and sort of rubbing its hands together hoping to get. they're not going to get anywhere near
in a slow growth environment, but they've kept interest rates very low in japan, but the problem is, government is too big. that's why japan has not been able to start growing again. and this is the path that the u.s. is certainly on if we don't change that dynamic. >> paul: kim, is there any recognition about this in washington or is it all -- i mean, do you hear any of this discussion or do they really believe, certainly, the white house and the treasury, that tax rates like this don't...
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you're willing to shut down the state government to get a deal. is there a productive way in which president obama can use his executive power to negotiate and try to strike a grand bargain deal? guest: there is an opportunity in these matters. unlike the legislative branch that speaks of many voices, the executive has the opportunity to have that bully pulpit and be the vision and speak with one voice and command a disproportionate amount of the attention around the messaging. if that person has the courage to go first and go big, it could have a big impact on the debate. president obama has a tremendous opportunity here coming off of reelection. he could set the tone and the direction and show willingness to compromise to get a deal done. >> what will this look like for the president? guest: everyone sees the contours of the branded deal. -- grand deal. they will have to just entitlement programs not just for recipients but for coming generations and that could include adjusting the retirement age overtime. from a republican standpoint, you will
you're willing to shut down the state government to get a deal. is there a productive way in which president obama can use his executive power to negotiate and try to strike a grand bargain deal? guest: there is an opportunity in these matters. unlike the legislative branch that speaks of many voices, the executive has the opportunity to have that bully pulpit and be the vision and speak with one voice and command a disproportionate amount of the attention around the messaging. if that person...
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speak of the fact he is an articulate and forceful proponent of small government conservatism and an avatar of the tea party movement itself secondarily is he brings bring some level of diversity. the look of the kind of things about tim scott entered congress, who are the people who really have been looking at, the most likely leaders to emerge from this class? well the first people named from the very beginning. the way he makes the argument. gerri: his background is fascinating. he was not successful right away. what about that? >> this is a guy who grew up in politics, just a contrast there is notable in and of itself. immediately one of the most confidants of the leadership despite the fact coming from the tea party. this is somebody who came out of the tea party movement and was immediately trusted by the establishment republicans because of who he is and the integrity he brought to the job. gerri: build his own business from scratch, just a really impressive track recordd >> not somebody who came up in a typical way. gerri: do you think we will see him hold onto that and eleva
speak of the fact he is an articulate and forceful proponent of small government conservatism and an avatar of the tea party movement itself secondarily is he brings bring some level of diversity. the look of the kind of things about tim scott entered congress, who are the people who really have been looking at, the most likely leaders to emerge from this class? well the first people named from the very beginning. the way he makes the argument. gerri: his background is fascinating. he was not...
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we don't have new money for government to spend on infrastructure. government has to play a role here, but increasingly there's a desire from the private sector from private capital to invest in infrastructure. >> jay, we almost always talk about the developed nations and their economies. when they have problems, when they sneeze, the emerging nations catch the flu, right? they are dealing with the impact of the mistakes or the problems in the developed nations far more, right? >> well, i think that's right, toure. here's the interesting thing about infrastructure. if we do a very serious, large, infrastructure program in the united states over the next couple of years, we do two things. we employ a lot of people and good-paying jobs and near term very low growth. over the median term it helps to protect us and make sure we have the competitive position we need to benefit from the emerging economies in their growth as the emerging middle class in dhichi asia, india and elsewhere comes on stream in 2025. we want to sell into asia. >> all right, jay, t
we don't have new money for government to spend on infrastructure. government has to play a role here, but increasingly there's a desire from the private sector from private capital to invest in infrastructure. >> jay, we almost always talk about the developed nations and their economies. when they have problems, when they sneeze, the emerging nations catch the flu, right? they are dealing with the impact of the mistakes or the problems in the developed nations far more, right? >>...
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if you think that government is the solution for that government is the answer, it is not going to get any better. you have to create an environment for investment. you don't need more taxes. we need more taxpayers. as you have seen, with hewlett-packard and others that you have talked about on the show, they are laying off people. if you want them to higher or rehire employees, you can't do the same old thing that we have seen for the last four years. neil: well, that's a good point. a guy that had a four-point oh in college. it is always good to see you, sir. >> thank you for having me on the one is mitt romney's problem not with swing voters but with tea partiers swimming away from health care comments? dan fell telling me earlier that the tea partiers have it wrong. >> do think the tea partiers hurting the party? >> i think that they are in the right way, but when they started going after mitt romney saying that he was flip-flopping, that he is not one of us when he said that pre-existing conditions office today, that is replacing the obamacare. neil: carlos gutierrez. i always thi
if you think that government is the solution for that government is the answer, it is not going to get any better. you have to create an environment for investment. you don't need more taxes. we need more taxpayers. as you have seen, with hewlett-packard and others that you have talked about on the show, they are laying off people. if you want them to higher or rehire employees, you can't do the same old thing that we have seen for the last four years. neil: well, that's a good point. a guy...
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gwen: but what if anything can or will government do about it? the newtown shootings provide more fodder for a debate that interestingly enough we didn't even have in the 2012 presidential election. any sign so far anything will be different, reid? >> i think there were. i think the signs were those two words president obama used, meaningful action. we haven't heard him talk about actually doing something about gun violence, about gun control in his first four years. instead we heard a lot of discussion about the second amendment and respect for the sort of existing laws on the book, enforcing the existing laws on the book. the only time we ever heard about gun control during the presidential campaign was when he was asked during the town hall debate on long island, and he started out sort of discussing what he would do to ban assault weapons by talking about how important the second amendment was. this now has changed. he's never running for re-election again. he doesn't have to sort of face the political power of the gun lobby. gwen: but he sai
gwen: but what if anything can or will government do about it? the newtown shootings provide more fodder for a debate that interestingly enough we didn't even have in the 2012 presidential election. any sign so far anything will be different, reid? >> i think there were. i think the signs were those two words president obama used, meaningful action. we haven't heard him talk about actually doing something about gun violence, about gun control in his first four years. instead we heard a...
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it can be pretty hard when you have a government like ours that is so big and bossy as my good friend mitch daniels like to say. we've got a responsibility to recognize that even with control of all branches of government, real reform doesn't happen all at once. it's one step at a time. and our responsibility is to keep faith. to give our countrymen a cause to believe in. and even as we recognize the realities of today, we have to be as ambitious as hell about what we need to do in our future. now, listen, no one loves congress, but i can tell you for a fact that the house at least is a different place than it was just a few years ago. a far different place than it was 20 years ago when i was a freshman member of the house. back then you had members bouncing checks at the house bank, trading stamps for cash at the house post office, and i and a handful of my freshmen colleagues decided to speak out. the story of the gang of seven is pretty well documented. but what isn't as well known is how our leaders responded to all of our rabble-rousing. our minority leader back then was bob mich
it can be pretty hard when you have a government like ours that is so big and bossy as my good friend mitch daniels like to say. we've got a responsibility to recognize that even with control of all branches of government, real reform doesn't happen all at once. it's one step at a time. and our responsibility is to keep faith. to give our countrymen a cause to believe in. and even as we recognize the realities of today, we have to be as ambitious as hell about what we need to do in our future....
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in terms of governing in a second term. chris: does the president feel that pressure? you're covering him all the time. >> he's definitely feeling a lot of that pressure. you see it came out immediately. he wanted -- [inaudible] i think he's going to have to go down the middle. chris: it looks like a 60-40 deal pro-democrat. >> one thing he's going to have to do which he didn't do adequately in the first term is be a leader of his party. he's going to have to take democrats with him toward a deal that's going to have some unpleasant things. the deal that they're going to have to have, entitlement reform. tax reform. and he's got to lead democrats in that election. >> there's a fantasy element, unfortunately, in this, about the tax increases for the wealthy. probably a sensible, good policy. its theology, as you know, with the republicans not to do it, when you look at the raw numbers, it's kind of only 8% of the annual deficit -- you dent get enough money. if you go back to 2010 when it was obama and joe biden who made the agreement with the republicans to extend the b
in terms of governing in a second term. chris: does the president feel that pressure? you're covering him all the time. >> he's definitely feeling a lot of that pressure. you see it came out immediately. he wanted -- [inaudible] i think he's going to have to go down the middle. chris: it looks like a 60-40 deal pro-democrat. >> one thing he's going to have to do which he didn't do adequately in the first term is be a leader of his party. he's going to have to take democrats with him...
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it hasn't changed since then and as cars have become more fuel efficient because of government emission standards, et cetera, that has created essentially a drain that has resulted in the highway trust fund continually being depleted. >> let's talk about the calendar. the house is out next week. the senate we heard from the senator schumer expecting to vote on this measure next tuesday. the house of representatives back the week of march 19th. >> yes, so basically what's going to happen next week is the house is going to try and get its act together on hr-7 the bill they introduced january 31st. chairman mica who introduced the bill obviously has a lot at stake here, and he has been told that you know, the senate bill is what the house is going to vote on unless he can get those votes. he's going to be out there pushing a lot to try and get freshmen on board, perhaps get democratic support on board. the mass transit account change that he had proposed orally he has now signaled he's willing to leave the mass transit account intact with the hope of getting more support. of course, that's
it hasn't changed since then and as cars have become more fuel efficient because of government emission standards, et cetera, that has created essentially a drain that has resulted in the highway trust fund continually being depleted. >> let's talk about the calendar. the house is out next week. the senate we heard from the senator schumer expecting to vote on this measure next tuesday. the house of representatives back the week of march 19th. >> yes, so basically what's going to...
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she worries about the year and a possible government cutbacks. >> they are our main source of keeping the business open. if it goes down any further, we might end up closing up. k of a deficit deal a $800 billion in domestic and defense cuts that family taxes could rise $3,500. is going to be a lot of suffering among a lot of people who deserve otherwise. the white house wants a tax on the rich and increase on the debt limit. say tax tight cost american jobs. medicare is going bankrupt, inability will be bankrupt two years. of democratsity republicans to reach a compromise is frustrating to about socialry security and medicare benefits. a lot of times when people are dug in, they hav a lot of misinformation. still, some insist progress made. g >> our economy is moving up, not enough. go over that cliff would be terrible. in her place of work, linda coolercooler head -- prevail. >> we hope that government will work withus so we can them. on that talk shows today, said he wouldrker agree to higher taxes a the wealthy if it meant chance to overhaul costly like medicare. democrats are ske
she worries about the year and a possible government cutbacks. >> they are our main source of keeping the business open. if it goes down any further, we might end up closing up. k of a deficit deal a $800 billion in domestic and defense cuts that family taxes could rise $3,500. is going to be a lot of suffering among a lot of people who deserve otherwise. the white house wants a tax on the rich and increase on the debt limit. say tax tight cost american jobs. medicare is going bankrupt,...
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and then there are some things we actually think government shouldn't be involved with, for example, we don't think politicians in washington should be controlling health care choices. women are perfectly capable of making themselves. now, colorado, for eight years we had a president who shared these beliefs. his name was bill clinton. and his economic plan asked the wealthiest americans to pay a little bit more so we could reduce our deficit and invest in the skills and ideas of our people. and at the time, you may be surprised to learn that the republican congress and a senate candidate by the name of mitt romney said bill clinton's plan would kill jobs. kill the economy. turns out their math back then was just as bad as it is now. because by the end of president clinton's second term, america created 23 million new jobs. incomes were up. poverty was down. our deficit had become a surplus. so colorado, we know our ideas work because they've been tested. they've been tried. and we also know that the other folks' ideas don't work because they've been tested. after bill clinton left o
and then there are some things we actually think government shouldn't be involved with, for example, we don't think politicians in washington should be controlling health care choices. women are perfectly capable of making themselves. now, colorado, for eight years we had a president who shared these beliefs. his name was bill clinton. and his economic plan asked the wealthiest americans to pay a little bit more so we could reduce our deficit and invest in the skills and ideas of our people....
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before you left to campaign, congress passed a continuing resolution that funds the government into next year. one of the purposes was so that tough decisions could be made on the so-called fiscal cliff during the lame duck. it seems we're hearing that congress is going to punt on the lame duck and of the fiscal clip issues and not tackle the upcoming sequestration. i have a two-part question. do you think that is looking more likely? how will lawmakers explain that one for months we have had this buildup that if we do not do something in december bad things will happen? >> it all depends on who wins the election. it mitt romney wins and if we get 50 votes in the senate, in a sense to wait until we have a president romney and to have a republican consultant and things rectoactively. you would get a better deal for the american people. there are now accountable to the voters. if we win, the strategy makes sense. if not, all bets are off and it will be one big fight in the lame duck. i am confident that it running will be the next president. >> holding of may make sense politically. >> and
before you left to campaign, congress passed a continuing resolution that funds the government into next year. one of the purposes was so that tough decisions could be made on the so-called fiscal cliff during the lame duck. it seems we're hearing that congress is going to punt on the lame duck and of the fiscal clip issues and not tackle the upcoming sequestration. i have a two-part question. do you think that is looking more likely? how will lawmakers explain that one for months we have had...
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truth is we have four dead americans and their families deserve to know how in the world the american government could have let this happen. >> you think in the nfl when they doo a time-out and the other people lines up in a formation that is strange and they are afraid that they are not prepared for it. some guy pulls down makes belief he hurt his ankle or something they have to pause for the stretchers to come out or the trainers to look at it? do you think this is what that is? >> i have no evidence that that is the case. i just don't think that the idea that because she has a concussion she is not working to cancel the trip she is not willing to testify adds up. i am sure congress is happy to rearrange have her come and testify whenever would work for her. not going to be out of work for the next couple of months. it just doesn't make sense. furthermore even if it was after she left they don't bar her from knowing how it happened and why this tragedy occurred and what the department plays in not providing to security and so forth. >> so we suspend our usual disbelief when a coincidence is co
truth is we have four dead americans and their families deserve to know how in the world the american government could have let this happen. >> you think in the nfl when they doo a time-out and the other people lines up in a formation that is strange and they are afraid that they are not prepared for it. some guy pulls down makes belief he hurt his ankle or something they have to pause for the stretchers to come out or the trainers to look at it? do you think this is what that is?...
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what happens now on is dependent on the government to help determine the government that will be in place for them. >> my way of looking at it as an american is saying if we stayed three years what could we get done and it would be worth it. do you sense the president has done that and decided that we could stay there x more years without any improvement? >> when we heard the president and senior officials talk about this in the past, they left themselves wiggle room. i think the language this weekend was really unequivocal. and surprisingly so. this is a guy who is allergic to the mission accomplished formulation. and he said after 2014, the afghan war as we know it will be over. >> irreversible position. >> yeah, when we got down to it and talked to senior administration officials, they said there is no ifs, ands, or buts. >> let's look at the president making his case here about how he reached this decision. it's more like we have done what we could and we're getting out. >> i don't think there is ever going to be an optimal point where we say this is done, perfect, the way we wanted i
what happens now on is dependent on the government to help determine the government that will be in place for them. >> my way of looking at it as an american is saying if we stayed three years what could we get done and it would be worth it. do you sense the president has done that and decided that we could stay there x more years without any improvement? >> when we heard the president and senior officials talk about this in the past, they left themselves wiggle room. i think the...
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tell me how you got targeted by the material government. >> we've been targeted by the federal government in many difference ways, including having our bank accounts closed by the treasury department and audited by the i.r.s. most frequently, they served the landlords where we are locate to seize those properties, because they're renting to us. >> cenk: what happened to that case? >> that case is going to its first day of hearings on the 20th of this month. >> cenk: and when president obama said during his campaign back in 2008 that he would not make this a high priority, because the justice department has to cross cute a lot of cases like terrorism, but not against the banks. did you believe him at the time, were you happy that he had gotten elected penalty? >> i did. i campaigned for the president donated money to the president and so did every other medical can bass patient and supporter that i know. >> cenk: how disappointed have you been? >> we have been bitterly disappointed. we felt a sense of betrayal. i was unable to vote for the president this past election. >> cenk: what do you
tell me how you got targeted by the material government. >> we've been targeted by the federal government in many difference ways, including having our bank accounts closed by the treasury department and audited by the i.r.s. most frequently, they served the landlords where we are locate to seize those properties, because they're renting to us. >> cenk: what happened to that case? >> that case is going to its first day of hearings on the 20th of this month. >> cenk: and...
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return the country to constitutional government. commit itself to a strong military rejecting any cuts from the sequestration. 10, embrace a strong culturally and socially conservative agenda and all its forms. the gop has an excellent party platform. if you want our support, support your own platform first. >> and think you. take of think you, brent. to guard jeff bell, representing american principles project. to go think you, richard. to follow up on one of france first point, it is important for conservatives to start by confronting the fact that the 2012 election was a historic victory for the american left. probably the greatest since 1936. unlike 92, 96 or 2008, at the democratic national ticket did little to anything to obscure the nature and content of its agenda. it would be oath -- surprising if the obama did not view this as europeanizing the government. using judges and regulators to impose its will on subjects ranging from same-sex marriage in all 50 states to green curbing of the upsurge of fossil fuels through such m
return the country to constitutional government. commit itself to a strong military rejecting any cuts from the sequestration. 10, embrace a strong culturally and socially conservative agenda and all its forms. the gop has an excellent party platform. if you want our support, support your own platform first. >> and think you. take of think you, brent. to guard jeff bell, representing american principles project. to go think you, richard. to follow up on one of france first point, it is...
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government, claiming he was never told of the risks he faced. china's contractors have seen strong growth for european and latin american governments. the international contract association claims growth may slow in 2013 as the economy's deterioration in these countries. the american society of civil engineers recently released a study pointing out the dangers of the government under funds be needed infrastructure improvement in our air land, and see. no doubt this will be a topic at the upcoming government conference in which i am a part of. the storie ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] the machines are on the move. they're curious. because they've heard that there are new machines -- brilliant ones -- and they're coming to see for themselves. machines with the technology, the scale and the ability to communicate to make the world work better. and now all the machines want in. ♪ ♪ >> e degrees at reagan national. we have fog that will stick around in the morning hours -- a record 71 back in 1991. the weatherbug network is 49 degrees in alexandria.
government, claiming he was never told of the risks he faced. china's contractors have seen strong growth for european and latin american governments. the international contract association claims growth may slow in 2013 as the economy's deterioration in these countries. the american society of civil engineers recently released a study pointing out the dangers of the government under funds be needed infrastructure improvement in our air land, and see. no doubt this will be a topic at the...
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>> wdo not have an autocratic government. a lot of these ceo's are used to giving orders and having those orders followed. >> we finally heard friday from the national rifle associatition -- the gun industry. will they keep all of the freedoms that they have now? >> it is very weird when the nra is calling for a lotf spending atat aime when we areaving a debate about fiscal contraction. >> the nra saying gu don't kill people. is that going to fly? >> a lot o things need to be fixed. we need to get aomatic weapons of the people's han. we need to do something about the mentally ill. also i think we need to talk about the stability of our rhetoric and what goes on on the internet and so forth. people are jt too blunt.. >> peter morici, josh boak, alalways a pleasure. that is it >> on behalf all of us here at the "shington business reportrt," we want to wish you a veryerry christmas andappy new year. we hope you'll join us in 2013. you always have find ways to find us on the internet. thanks for joining us. i'rebecca cooper.
>> wdo not have an autocratic government. a lot of these ceo's are used to giving orders and having those orders followed. >> we finally heard friday from the national rifle associatition -- the gun industry. will they keep all of the freedoms that they have now? >> it is very weird when the nra is calling for a lotf spending atat aime when we areaving a debate about fiscal contraction. >> the nra saying gu don't kill people. is that going to fly? >> a lot o things...
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willful negligence, so gross incompetence isn't enough to fire someone who is working there for the government. you think about that aspect of it. but we have to hear from secretary clinton, as secretary of state, come and testify in person and on the record. there are a lot of questions and today's hearing added two more questions. lou: do you think they will be answered here? secretary clinton has said she will testify before mid-january, which would be before the inauguration, and presumably in an effort to satisfy the senate. your thoughts. >> i think it is critical she does that for her own credibility and i think she wants to testify but there are many tough questions that need to be answered for what the secretary of state was was doing as well as the president of the united states was doing. did the president know about these requests? the narrative was al qaeda is on the run. we see al qaeda linked terrorists were actually training in eastern libya not far from an ghazi, that seemed to be a hotbed training area for those folks and makes you wonder if the state department believes the
willful negligence, so gross incompetence isn't enough to fire someone who is working there for the government. you think about that aspect of it. but we have to hear from secretary clinton, as secretary of state, come and testify in person and on the record. there are a lot of questions and today's hearing added two more questions. lou: do you think they will be answered here? secretary clinton has said she will testify before mid-january, which would be before the inauguration, and presumably...
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the republicans can change government and bring back sensible economic policy. i don't see the president giving n and he will hurt the economy a lot. >> he has a man date beginlet fact he won the election and he he has the green light to move forward on >> he didn't get 51 percent of the vote to be honest. he got the same amount as george bush and he didn't have a mandate. look at ronald reader who got 59 percent . cool ridge and nixon who got 60 percent. the republicans control the house and governor ships and they control the state legislator. he's just pushing his power throughout and will damage the economy unfortunately. >> a lot of conservatives are angry with the speaker. because they believe hae giving in too fast over the issue much tax and there is it a lolt of discussion going on in the party about what it is it that the gop stands for. >> yeah. it is it one of the problems when you have the house of representative. there are 435 members of the house of representative and they reach one thinks of themselves as knowledgeable persons . to get them to op
the republicans can change government and bring back sensible economic policy. i don't see the president giving n and he will hurt the economy a lot. >> he has a man date beginlet fact he won the election and he he has the green light to move forward on >> he didn't get 51 percent of the vote to be honest. he got the same amount as george bush and he didn't have a mandate. look at ronald reader who got 59 percent . cool ridge and nixon who got 60 percent. the republicans control the...
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and smaller government. we will not do it by refusing to pay for the government we have, thinking the economy in the process. that would be a good start, as a backdrop. i want to touch on your question about corporate and individual taxes. the third piece is small businesses. we work out how to develop a tax code that is good for competitiveness. you need to think about how those play into it. i think one of the things to keep hearing through messages with different groups of people is, while everybody is aware that the solution is going to take sacrifices from all sides, on spending, on revenues -- the confidence you get for putting the deal in place actually has tremendous economic benefits. the cheapest form of stimulus is confidence. if we can put that in place, and people believe something is going to stick, it becomes easier to do your part in all of this. if the moving pieces and revenue are there, do not underestimate the benefit of what the future holds. >> this ties into michael's point. the produc
and smaller government. we will not do it by refusing to pay for the government we have, thinking the economy in the process. that would be a good start, as a backdrop. i want to touch on your question about corporate and individual taxes. the third piece is small businesses. we work out how to develop a tax code that is good for competitiveness. you need to think about how those play into it. i think one of the things to keep hearing through messages with different groups of people is, while...